Table 3

Changes during the study years shown for total and divided into the five subgroups regarding preferred place of death, information to patient and next of kin, presence at the moment of death and follow-up appointment offered

	Total	Nursing home	Short-term care home	Hospital ward, not palliative	Hospice/palliative hospital ward	Specialised palliative home care
13. Information from doctor to patient*	58%→58%	16%→17%	29%→37%	39%→39%	75%→78%	76%→81%
13. Information from doctor to patient*	NS	NS	p=0.022	NS	p=0.007	p=0.005
14. Information from doctor to next of kin	70%→71%	33%→31%	53%→62%	73%→73%	88%→91%	85%→87%
14. Information from doctor to next of kin	NS	NS	p=0.004	NS	p<0.001	NS
21. No one present at the moment of death	15%→15%	15%→14%	18%→15%	25%→22%	14%→16%	6%→6%
21. No one present at the moment of death	NS	NS	NS	p=0.007	NS	NS
22. Place of death corresponded to preference	48%→50%	32%→35%	21%→33%	13%→12%	60%→66%	94%→94%
22. Place of death corresponded to preference	p=0.001	p=0.020	p<0.001	NS	p<0.001	NS
24. Next of kin offered follow-up appointment	72%→74%	54%→63%	38%→70%	42%→39%	92%→94%	97%→96%
24. Next of kin offered follow-up appointment	p=0.001	p<0.001	p<0.001	NS	NS	NS

Question number from the end-of-life questionnaire is shown.
*Only including patients without cognitive impairment.
NS, not significant.